Realm of Power

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"Your Majesty, if it is a marriage, it is not just a matter of name. It also requires a certain amount of gift money suitable for a princess of the kingdom." Plais lowered his head and did not immediately take the order from the fat man's hand, but his face I feel embarrassed and hesitate to speak,

"What? You want gift money? How come I haven't heard of it?" The fat man was stunned for a moment. Many of his women were princesses. This was the first time I heard the word gift money. He didn't take the initiative. ?You still need to give dowry money? No, what era did this happen? It is simply a heinous crime. The fat man looked sad and angry. He had never given it in his previous life. Of course, that was a woman who did not have himself yet.

This is a turbulent and troubled world. In troubled times, clinging to the strong is the most common rule of survival. Since ancient times, beauties have always been unlucky. I have a rescuing mentality to save the princesses who are in troubled times. This is a great act of kindness. It has always been a good deed. I have never heard that the rescuer should pay the rescued person.

Of course, the damn fat man will never admit that many of these princesses were forced to become his own women under the pressure of the army.

Sometimes Fatty also feels that he is very evil. No matter how he looks at himself, he looks like a big villain, conquering cities and territories. In the end, he not only takes over other people's territory, but also robs other people's daughters. But if he doesn't do this, there will be people like Prai An upright minister like Si stood up and asked himself to do such a thing. Well, I compromised. I want money, but I want a person.

Plais was a little anxious when he saw the fat man's slightly changed expression. In the more than half a year since he joined the Falcon Dynasty, he had quite a good understanding of the fat man's character of loving money as much as his life, so he quickly explained

"Your Majesty, this marriage is different from the previous ones. According to the rules of kingdom marriage, the Kingdom of Rode has been defeated, but it is only defeated, not destroyed, so this princess can bring your Majesty the throne of Rode , her net worth is at least five million gold coins."

"Five million, why didn't she grab it?" The fat on the fat man's face trembled with fright at this number, and his body subconsciously took a step back. Five million gold coins, that is the total income of the Falcon Dynasty in one quarter. Well, since March this year, the Falcon Dynasty has frequently launched large-scale wars with foreign countries.

First, they fought against the Dongting people, and then annexed Ruidian in one fell swoop. They resettled more than 4 million Ruidian refugees, expanded into the three northern counties, and powerfully moved eastward to the area north of the Dorok Mountains. In the end, they had an army of 100,000 people. He went north to the prairie and defeated the remnant army of Dongting and the cold army from the northern polar regions in one fell swoop.

These seem to be glorious achievements of brave frontline soldiers and good command. In fact, they are all due to strong financial support. Without continuous logistics supplies from the rear, and without generous rewards for soldiers to dare to risk their lives, even Falcon No matter how good your army is in fighting, no matter how powerful your strategy is, the army will collapse due to lack of food and low morale.

Now the fat man can't wait to guarantee that his stinking personality is on the same level as a sewage ditch. The Falcon Dynasty's treasury is already so poor that rats can starve to death. The dynasty's finances and taxes are already close to the red line of deficit. As for why the rats came in He was starved to death in the vault. The fat man really didn't want to explain.

He used his fingers to settle accounts with Plais, who was desperate for money. Although September had passed, it would be at least mid-October until the third quarter of the country's fiscal and tax revenue came up. During this period, the poorest people in the kingdom At that time, even if he skinned himself to pieces and sold the fat on his body for ten thousand gold coins per pound, he would never be able to get the 5 million gold coins that Prais wanted.

"Ahem, your Majesty, there is no need to get excited." Plais coughed dryly with an embarrassed look on his face. He looked at His Majesty Falcon, who was crying in front of him, and said sympathetically, "As His Majesty's adjutant, of course I know the current financial situation of the dynasty. Therefore, I have privately tested whether the other party can reduce the amount. After my unremitting efforts, 1.5 million is already the bottom line. The confidant of Princess Nord who contacted us promised that if we can spend 1.5 million, For one hundred thousand gold coins, Her Royal Highness the Princess is willing to agree to the marriage request."

"But even if it's 1.5 million, I don't have it now." The fat man blinked innocently, spread his hands, shrugged his shoulders, and decided to use his trump card.

"There is no money, but there is one person. If the other party returns to Kyoto in a rage, it will be very troublesome for us. The Rode people will think that we are humiliating them, and I am afraid that a more tragic conflict will break out. So, in raising funds Before reaching 1.5 million, please ask the adjutant general to delay a little longer."

"Delay your sister." Plais was speechless when facing the shameless fat man. He was obviously trying to retaliate against himself. Delay? Without giving him a penny, even if Princess Lud was very interested in getting married, she couldn't do it. Come over and say "Flip", it's hard to get off the tiger, now the only thing left is to give it a try

Plais gritted his teeth and said with a wry smile, "If His Majesty can't afford so much money at the moment, I can propose a good compromise to Your Majesty, but it may cost some money. In fact, in His Majesty's hands, you have a lot of money." Something less than 1.5 million gold coins"

"Oh, there is such a thing, tell me?" Hearing that there was money to be made, the fat man immediately became interested and waved his hand with gleaming eyes.

It is said that he has some revenge mentality, but the main reason is that he really has no money.

In the two months since the Battle of Lod Kyoto, almost all of the Central Army and the Varisian and Saron legions have been mobilized, with a total strength of 135,000.

Unprecedented in scale, it was another major war, with a surprise attack on Dehberg, breaking through the Anruode defense line, and a hundred thousand troops directly attacking Dehbog and Kyoto.

During the two months of fierce fighting, tens of thousands of grains and materials were consumed every day. If it weren't for the great harvest in the north, this year's military rations would have been a problem.

In fact, if the siege continues for two months, the Falcon troops outside the city will voluntarily withdraw without a German counterattack.

We have no money to spend and no food to eat. Are we waiting to die outside the city?

This is where Fatty becomes increasingly worried. He doesn't want to massacre the city. After all, a dilapidated and rude Kyoto is not what he wants to see.

But if you are really pushed to that point, that's all.

"I heard that since the war, Your Majesty has not only captured more than ten famous generals, but also thousands of noble officers from Kyoto, large and small."

Plais raised his head, a thought flashed across his face, and he said to the fat man hesitantly, "Instead of using extra food to feed these people, it is better to send someone to deliver a letter to Kyoto. These officers will be replaced by As for the ransom, I believe it will definitely be more than 1.5 million gold coins."

"Come here, bring the names of the prisoners of war captured some time ago who are above the level of squadron leader." The fat man stood up from his seat in excitement and shouted to the two guards standing at the door. If Plais hadn't reminded him, he would have almost forgotten it. Those "valuable items" that were imprisoned

Soon the guards brought up the list of prisoners,

The fat man flipped through it casually, and found that there were quite a few. He had written more than a dozen books, and the visual estimate was that there were at least around 3,000 people.

"Do you know how many people there are in total? The fat man asked. In his eyes, these are all golden coins. I originally planned to make a lot of them after entering Luode Kyoto. Although I am a little reluctant to part with them now, I can't. If you don’t take it out and exchange it for ransom in advance,

"A total of 3283 people." It was Plais who answered him. It seems that the deputy chief has been staring at this for more than a day or two.

"I knew you must have planned this a long time ago. I'll leave it to you." The fat man closed the list and reluctantly handed it to Plais, who was waiting eagerly next to him.

"One and a half million gold coins. If you can really squeeze so much money out of these people, you will be a great contributor to my Falcon Dynasty. But if you can't squeeze out that much money, I can only use your family property. Come and make up for it"

"Your Majesty, there are also those 100,000 prisoners..." Prais took the account book from the fat man and looked at the fat man with a bit of pity. The words that came out of his mouth almost made the fat man. Vomiting blood

"The throne of Rhod for five million, Princess Rhod for one and a half million, and now they are asking for ransom and prisoners..." The fat man took a deep breath of cold air and looked at Prai with bright red eyes. Si "Are you really the honest Prais? Or are you a grocer at a roadside stall in disguise?"

"When the country is in crisis, we should resort to all possible means," Plais responded with an upright look, "Has your Majesty forgotten that in order to raise military expenses, I once sold the royal family's treasures privately?"

"For the sake of His Majesty and the dynasty, I am willing to die in pieces. In fact, it has always been a dream of mine to be a grocery store owner," Prais responded with a shameless face.

The fat man looked at Plais depressingly, as if his face had grown as beautiful as a flower. After a while, he said, "Plais, if it weren't for your face being so real, I would really doubt it." You are not the person I know. Have you decided to give up your standards as a noble? I heard that you are a person who cares about status."

"I heard that His Majesty's biggest hobby in the past was to dress up as a grocery store owner. As for his identity, I can't even catch him on horseback. With Your Majesty's role model, what should I, as a subordinate, have to look down on? "

The fat man sighed helplessly. This guy Prais is indeed a ruthless character who came out of the storm. If he really acts like a rogue, he is almost as good as himself.

"Okay, let me tell you the truth, those 100,000 prisoners cannot be moved, because in these few days, I will use them to attack Luode Kyoto."

"Didn't His Majesty agree to the marriage alliance? Why do you want to attack Lod Kyoto?" Plais looked at the fat man with a surprised look on his face. He came back temporarily. He didn't know the situation in Lod Kyoto yet, but he only knew that the Nords In order to fake the attack on the negotiating team, he went out of the city and fought a big battle with the Falcon Army.

"It's not a force attack, it's a counterattack." The fat man smiled mysteriously. Believe it or not, if those prisoners still have weapons in their hands, the first thing they will do is not fight us, but fight back to Kyoto."